Principal Application Modernization Engineer

Technical Ownership and Architecture

Define the scope of technical work related to deliverables and milestones of the engagement

Own the architectural direction of your workstream — making key technical decisions, documenting tradeoffs, and ensuring the team is building toward something coherent and maintainable

Responsible for code quality, architecture, and technical direction across the team

Write and review production code across the stack — your technical judgment sets the bar, and you're in the work alongside the team

Integrate AI and LLM capabilities into client applications — designing the architecture for agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, intelligent automation, and AI-augmented developer tooling, and guiding your team through implementation

Anticipate technical risk before it becomes delivery risk — surface issues early, define mitigation strategies, and communicate proactively

Participate in scoping discussions and SOW architecture for new and existing customers

Generate ideas, be willing to fail fast, and demonstrate with POCs

Drive knowledge sharing in and out of client engagements

Client Technical Engagement

Serve as the senior technical point of contact for your workstream — engaging directly with client engineering managers and directors on architecture, delivery strategy, and technical risk

Build trusted relationships with client technical leaders

Proactively identify opportunities to improve engineering practices and technical quality at the client, and drive that change

Participate in business development including client expansion conversations and SOW developmen

Team Leadership and Development

Responsible and accountable for the technical outcomes of your team

Write monthly feedback for all engineers on your workstream in collaboration with the Delivery Lead

Mentor engineers through real technical challenges — pairing on hard problems, reviewing architecture decisions, giving feedback that raises their game

Organize and break down complex work so the team can execute with clarity

Share responsibility for the morale and well-being of the Liatrio team on your engagement